| L'Île-Dorval | |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Southern Quebec |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in southern Quebec |
| Coordinates: | 45.4322°N -73.7414°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Quebec |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Montreal |
| Subdivision Type3: | RCM |
| Subdivision Name3: | None |
| Established Title1: | Constituted |
| Established Date1: | January 1, 2006 |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] [2] |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Gisèle Chapleau |
| Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
| Leader Name1: | Dorval—Lachine—LaSalle |
| Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
| Leader Name2: | Marquette |
| Area Footnotes: | [3] |
| Area Total Km2: | 0.19 |
| Area Land Km2: | 0.19 |
| Population Total: | 30 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Density Km2: | 154.7 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Pop (2016-21) |
| Population Blank1: | 500% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 79 |
| Timezone: | EST |
| Utc Offset: | −5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
| Postal Code: | H9S 5W4 |
| Area Code: | 514 and 438 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
| Blank Info: | No major routes |
L'Île-Dorval (in French pronounced as /lil dɔʁval/) is a city in southwestern Quebec, Canada. It is coterminous with Dorval Island (French: Île Dorval), an island in Lake Saint-Louis off the Island of Montreal. It lies a short distance offshore from the city of Dorval and is connected with a seasonal ferry service.
A cottaging spot, it had only 30 permanent residents as of the Canada 2021 Census, making it one of the smallest municipalities in Canada, both in terms of area and population. In the 2001 census the official population had dropped to zero, according to Statistics Canada. However, because not only permanent residents but also property owners are eligible to vote in municipal elections in Quebec, there were 50 registered voters in 2004.
In 1691, the fief of Fort La Presentation, which included the island, was acquired by Jean-Baptiste Bouchard (born around 1658), who used to sign his name as Jean-Baptiste Bouchard Dorval. "d'Orval" (French for "of Orval") referred to his father's hometown of Orval in Montigny-Lengrain, France.[4]
Around the middle of the 19th century, the island was acquired by George Simpson, Governor of the Hudson Bay Company, who held an elaborate reception for the Prince of Wales at the island in August 1860.[4] [5]
The formation of the island into a town was the initiative of the Dorval Island Park Company and a group of businessmen who wanted to provide the island with electricity, water, streets, and even a tram to support residential development. On March 5, 1915, Ville d'Ile Dorval was created by separating from the City of Dorval (orthography was adjusted in 1969 to Île-Dorval and in 1987 to L'Île-Dorval). Between 1949 and 1970, a seasonal post office operated there under the English name Dorval Island.
On January 1, 2002, as part of the 2002–2006 municipal reorganization of Montreal, it merged with the city of Montreal to become part of the borough of Dorval–L'Île-Dorval. After a change of government and a 2004 referendum it became independent once again, effective January 1, 2006.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, L'Île-Dorval had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 0.19km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[3]
L'Île-Dorval forms part of the federal electoral district of Dorval—Lachine—LaSalle and has been represented by Anju Dhillon of the Liberal Party since 2015. Provincially, L'Île-Dorval is part of the Marquette electoral district and is represented by Enrico Ciccone of the Quebec Liberal Party since 2018.
| Liberal | Conservative | Bloc Québécois | New Democratic | Green | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 46% | 6 | 21% | 3 | 8% | 1 | 15% | 2 | 6% | 1 | ||||||
| 2019 | 56% | 9 | 23% | 4 | 7% | 1 | 4% | 1 | 8% | 1 | ||||||
List of former mayors:[6]
Dorval Island is accessible by a semi-private ferry, operating from May to October, only available to the island's residents and their invited guests.[7]
The island is vehicle free, except for a pickup truck for garbage collection.